I feel like you despise anything that us new-comers fish! I have never fished a 1/4 of the flies you have us tie. And in all honesty I would rather tie something I will fish, then a fly that will just be thrown into a tin. I love the contest Mike, I'm just pointing out an observation.

You may never fish the different patterns but each one can teach you a different technique or further your knowledge of the propertys that some materials have. This can help you in tying the patterns you do fish.